Rob Allan (born 1945, died 2021) was a

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poet. He won the PEN (NZSA) Best First Book of Poetry award in 1992 for his book ''Karitane Postcards'',Allan, Rob
Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive, 2 December 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2011. and has received multiple grants from Creative New Zealand to support his writing.Rob Allan
''capital of the minimal'', new zealand electronic poetry centre, 13 July 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2011. He has been published in several anthologies including ''An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English'' (Oxford University Press, 1997), and has published widely in

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Personal life

Born in Birmingham, England, Allan moved to New Zealand with his family as a teenager in 1960. He lived in

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, New Zealand, and worked as a teacher for deaf children in Otago schools.

Works

* ''Karitane Postcards'' (Hazard Press, 1991). .

References

External links

Three poems published in the ''Southern Ocean Review'' Ninth Issue, 12 October 1998Rob Allan
''capital of the minimal'', New Zealand electronic poetry centre. Includes bio and links to several of Allan's poems. New Zealand poets New Zealand male poets 1945 births Living people People from Port Chalmers {{NewZealand-poet-stub